Remember how important it is to... Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
Term 1
Summer Health
Remember to slip, slop, slap, wrap and seek!
Native Trees
Remember our trip to the Botanic Gardens on Monday 21st March
Layers of our Podocarp/Broadleaf Forests
Emergent Trees - These trees are over 30 metres tall and tower above the forest; rimu, kahikatea, totara, rata, matai and miro. Canopy/Roof – The flowering trees of this layer grow to around 20 metres tall. They make a dense layer of foliage that filters rain and sunlight for the plants below. Some examples are tawa, taraire and beech Sub-canopy - Tree ferns, nikau palms, mahoe, wineberry and fuchsia can be found in this layer. They can grow to around 10 metres. Small Trees/Shrubs - This layer is shaded by the trees above, they are no taller than 5 metres. Many of the trees in this layer are young; they are waiting for a gap to open up so they can grow tall. Forest Floor - It's wet and dark down here. There are mostly mosses and ferns in this layer.
Our native forests are very important. They act as -
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Term 2
Being an Eco Friendly Society.
Remember how important it is to... Reduce! Reuse! Recycle!
Term 1
Summer Health
Remember to slip, slop, slap, wrap and seek!
Native Trees
Remember our trip to the Botanic Gardens on Monday 21st March
Layers of our Podocarp/Broadleaf Forests
Emergent Trees - These trees are over 30 metres tall and tower above the forest; rimu, kahikatea, totara, rata, matai and miro.
Canopy/Roof – The flowering trees of this layer grow to around 20 metres tall. They make a dense layer of foliage that filters rain and sunlight for the plants below. Some examples are tawa, taraire and beech
Sub-canopy - Tree ferns, nikau palms, mahoe, wineberry and fuchsia can be found in this layer. They can grow to around 10 metres.
Small Trees/Shrubs - This layer is shaded by the trees above, they are no taller than 5 metres. Many of the trees in this layer are young; they are waiting for a gap to open up so they can grow tall.
Forest Floor - It's wet and dark down here. There are mostly mosses and ferns in this layer.
Our native forests are very important. They act as -